Featured in Keen Korea – 01-2011

Rare raw materials

Thin film raw materials: It’s a must-have for the burgeoning CIS solar industry—a reliable supply of raw materials such as indium and gallium. But it’s not clear how to meet the growing demand.
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In 2010, there was trouble between the West and China time and time again. Besides the ongoing dispute over a fair exchange rate, raw materials dominated economic relations between the two sides. When China announced in autumn that it would be limiting its export of rare earths to the West, the EU and the U.S. …

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